Attorneys for Illinois on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deny the Trump administration’s “dramatic” request to be allowed to send National Guard troops to the Chicago area to help with immigration enforcement while the issue is on appeal.

Fallout from the government shutdown is inflicting financial pain on workers at the Dirksen federal courthouse in Chicago and delaying some litigation.

A jury has been sworn in and opening arguments are set for Oct. 22 in the murder trial of a former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy charged with killing Sonya Massey in her home just outside of Springfield in 2024.

The chief judge for the Northern District of Illinois, which includes the Stanley J. Roszkowski U.S. Courthouse in Rockford, has announced that court employees will stop being paid and court operations will be reduced starting Oct. 18 because of the federal shutdown.

As legal challenges to President Trump's push to send military troops to Democratic-led cities make their way through several courts, the administration's appeal to the high court marks the first time the justices have been asked to weigh in on the issue.

The Chicago Cubs appear to have quickly beaten class action lawsuits lobbed against them under Illinois' biometrics privacy law, which had accused them and certain security contractors of improperly scanning the faces of people visiting Wrigley Field.

Illinois leads a 21-state coalition blocking the U.S. Department of Agriculture from demanding sensitive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data as lawmakers and agency officials clash over work requirements, cost shifts and administrative errors that could cost the state hundreds of millions.